Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “Concept of Islamic Law Enforcement In the History and Practice of Islamic Justice” (JLPH: Journal of Law, Politic and Humanities 4, no. 3 (2024)), Misnar Syam and Devianty Fitri (Fakultas Hukum, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia) observe that “[i]n administering the judicial process, Islamic law aims to enforce law and justice proportionally based on Islamic Sharia.”… CONTINUE READING

Reports from the SHARIAsource Lab: Experiments in Collecting and Counting Islamic Legal Canons

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The SHARIAsource Courts & Canons (CnC) Annotation Suite leverages data science tools to explore questions in Islamic law and society historically through mapping the controversies and values reflected in courts … Continue reading Reports from the SHARIAsource Lab: Experiments in Collecting and Counting Islamic Legal Canons

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to ‘consider national and Islamic values.'” For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Intisar Rabb’s “Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law.” “In yet another incident of vigilante justice in Indonesia’s… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “The Status of Music in Islamic Law: Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī’s (d. 974/1567) Treatise Against Recreation in its Polemical Context” (Islamic Law and Society, March 6, 2024), Dr. Fitzroy Morrissey (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford) examines an Islamic legal treatise that “argues for the impermissibility of most musical activities on the… CONTINUE READING

Petition from a captive wife (1853)

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By Rozaliya Garipova[1] Mahibädär ‘Abdurrakhman qizi sent a petition to the Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly (hereafter the OA) on December 12, 1852. The OA received the report on the 20th … Continue reading Petition from a captive wife (1853)

Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS “The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved amendments to the Securities Brokers (Licensing and Operations) Regulations, 2016 and issued license to the first Shariah-compliant brokerage house in Pakistan.” “In a significant move, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appointed Dr. Umar A. Oseni, the esteemed Mufti of Auchi Sacred Kingdom in… CONTINUE READING

Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law: In “National Security in the Conditions of the Russia-Ukraine War: Legal Regulation and Islamic Law Perspectives” (Al-Ahkam 34, no. 1 (2024)), Oleh Shkuta (Odessa State University of Internal Affairs, Odessa, Ukraine) and others “describe the national security threatened by the Russia-Ukraine war and all its effects from the context of legal regulation and Islamic law.”… CONTINUE READING

Married but not Married (1861)

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By Rozaliya Garipova[1] In the previous case we saw that the two sides negotiated a marital contract but since the side of the groom could not pay the appointed mahr, … Continue reading Married but not Married (1861)